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Careers and Outreach Officer, £37,259pa, Temporary (up to 14 months), 35HPW
Careers and Outreach Officer, £37,259, Temporary (up to 14 months), (35 hours per week)
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Careers and Outreach team within the Law Society’s Education, Training and Qualifications Directorate. Due to the upcoming maternity leave of the post-holder, we have a fixed term opportunity within the team for a Careers and Outreach Officer. In this varied role you will be responsible for managing key school outreach initiatives, including an annual high school debate tournament and a Street Law programme as well as running support projects for new and future members and providing advice and information to students and new members.
The Law Society of Scotland is the professional body for over 13,000 Scottish Solicitors and with around 170 staff members, our primary focus is to support a thriving profession of high quality and trusted Solicitors in Scotland with access to justice for all. At the centre of our organisation are the values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for the legal sector and beyond.
The work of the Education, Training and Qualifications directorate covers a range of areas which include setting standards for and monitoring provision of the route to qualification; regulation of and support for solicitor traineeships; schools outreach; engagement with students, trainees and newly qualified solicitors; equality and diversity; social mobility, and career development accreditations and qualifications.
Key Responsibilities for this role
In this interesting and rewarding role you will work within a team to deliver new and existing initiatives involving engagement with school pupils, students and trainee solicitors. The role includes:
- Project management of the Law Society’s school outreach work, including an annual high school debate tournament and a Street Law programme in secondary schools.
- Liaise with sponsors, partners, volunteers, and stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of key projects.
- Prepare and deliver content tailored to new lawyers, including running events, website information and blogs.
- Create, manage, and deliver the provision of careers education, advice, guidance and development activities for new and future members.
- Lead the delivery of the Law Society’s career mentoring programme, including coordinating training events, recruiting new mentors and mentees and providing guidance to those involved.
- Respond to careers enquiries, including one-to-one advice to new and future members and answer queries relating to the route to qualification.
- Develop, promote, co-ordinate and participate/present at school, college, and university careers events and law fairs.
Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
To be successful you will demonstrate our values of Respect; Openness; Progress; Integrity; and Inclusion. Although specific projects are highlighted in the key responsibilities, it is not necessary to have experience of those exact projects. We are looking for somebody who brings transferable knowledge, skills and experience in the following areas:
- Enthusiasm, self-motivation and self-starting skills.
- Experience of engagement with different stakeholders and audiences.
- A high level of written and oral communication with skills to create and deliver effective presentations.
- The ability to manage projects paying attention to detail within a multi-tasking role while managing time effectively.
- Excellent customer service, a desire to help others and to treat people with consideration.
- A proactive attitude and problem-solving approach to work, taking personal accountability for results.
- A commitment to teamwork and a willingness to learn.
What do we offer our employees?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleagues’ professional and personal needs. Some of these include:
- A hybrid working environment.
- Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.
- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
- A competitive pension provision scheme
- Excellent family friendly benefits
- Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification.
- Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands.
The Law Society of Scotland is proud to work with values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Integrity and Inclusion. We pride ourselves on investing in our equality, diversity and inclusion work internally for our colleagues and externally for the profession. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity page.
We are always on the look for new talent to join our incredible workforce. If you are looking for a new opportunity within the society, we would love to hear from you!
You can find out more information about the Law Society and this role on our website. If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, click Apply now.
This vacancy will close at 12 noon on 21st October 2025
We are unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not selected for interviews.
Senior Solicitor, £54,828pa, Temporary (Up to 9 months), 35HPW
Senior Solicitor, £54,828pa, Temporary (up to 9 months), (35 hours per week)
It is an exciting time to join the Law Society of Scotland. Due to maternity leave, we have an opportunity within the Professional Practice Team for a Senior Solicitor – Temporary for up to 9 months.
The Law Society of Scotland is the professional body for over 13,000 Scottish Solicitors and with over 150 staff members, our primary focus is to support a thriving profession of high quality and trusted Solicitors in Scotland with access to justice for all. The Our Professional Practice Team provide high quality advice and guidance to members on professional conduct, ethics and the Society’s Practice Rules and Guidance. This is achieved by delivering a balanced package of advice, information and reactive call handling and ensuring high standards of support for members.
At the centre of our organisation are the values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for the legal sector and beyond.
Key Responsibilities for this role
To succeed in the role, you must be comfortable and confident in dealing with senior members of the profession and understand both the role the Society plays within the legal profession and the requisite standards required. You must be action-orientated, outcome focused and highly personable.
Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
We are seeking a passionate individual who must be innovative, self–motivating, organised and have a strong grasp of commercial drivers. They should have excellent verbal and written communication skills as they will be acting as brand ambassadors for the Society. Training and support is available for the successful candidate. The candidate will also have a current knowledge of the Society’s Practice Rules and Guidance.
You will be given autonomy and responsibility to make decisions. We expect you to take ownership of several key areas and to continually refine and improve our offering. You will be a great and passionate communicator with ability to take responsibility and make business critical decisions.
What we offer our employees?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleague’s professional and personal needs. Some of these include:
· A hybrid working environment.
· Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.
· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
· A competitive pension provision scheme
· Excellent family friendly benefits
· Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification.
· Private medical insurance including dental and optical
· Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands through our lifestyle savings offerings.
The Law Society of Scotland is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We hold a Leaders in Diversity Award in recognition of our commitment to advance fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement within our organisation and the Scottish legal sector. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity page.
We are always on the look for new talent to join our incredible workforce. If you are looking for a new opportunity within the society, we would love to hear from you!
You can find out more information about the law society and this role on our website. If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, click Apply now.
This vacancy will close at 11:30am on 21 October 2025.
We are unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not selected for interviews.
About us
The Law Society of Scotland is the professional body for Scottish solicitors. We promote excellence among solicitors through the support and regulation of our members.
